ballet theater

Pointe performance hall

A ballet theater is a venue designed or primarily used for ballet performances, typically featuring a proscenium stage, orchestra pit, and sightlines suited to dance.

The term also refers to a ballet company itself: the American Ballet Theatre, the Bolshoi Ballet Theater.

In this sense, theater emphasizes the institution rather than the building.

Related
  • danceRhythmic bodily movement
  • stageRaised performance platform
  • tutuShort projecting dance skirt
  • pointeBallet's tiptoe technique
  • toe shoesReinforced dance footwear

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Motion picture theater

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G